…by physically removing a port (who would do that) or using the software?

I have been using it for more than a week and now am worried about the consequences that I am not sure are true or not!

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60387297

One of the things I discovered (or better said, something I suspected but had the chance to verify) while working on open-sourcing a tool (and API client tool): there is a big (mostly justified) trust deficiency out there .

From the official Dutch Intelligence and Security Service

Free/Open Source Software tainted by LLM developers/developed by genAI boosters, along with alternatives.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60423023

https://mastodon.de/@adbenitez/116196758509784557

The Software Freedom Conservancy provides a non-profit home and services to Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects.

go to the site, use the tool. where ever you are. Keep voicing your stance on this issue.

Japan protects children online very differently to the UK. (Shout out to red rose for the heads up - it was interesting.) While the UK Online Safety Act is driving biometric age verification and platform-based ID checks, Japan has taken another route: mobile carrier filtering enabled by default for under-18s, combined with parental control and digital literacy.

Our team are building an open-source IP/SIP intercom + video surveillance platform (GPLv3).

COPPA feels pretty outdated in today’s online world. A lot of sites now ask users to confirm their age even when it’s not really needed, sometimes using AI tools that can get things wrong or push people to share personal info. This brings up some serious worries about privacy, accuracy, and how accessible things are online. The Electronic Child Safety Initiative (ECSI) thinks that laws about online safety, like the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, should keep kids safe without relying on unnecessary tracking or dodgy tech. If you think these laws can be better, consider joining the conversation and help push for changes by taking part in the ECSI community forums.

Just look at this! https://github.com/keithvassallomt/ClusterCut

They are currently voting on amends to the regulation. The “Chat Control” proposal would legalise scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos. This threatens fundamental privacy rights and digital security for all EU citizens.

Awesome…

LOL

for those not familiar with Mark Pilgrim, he is/was a prolific author, blogger, and hacker who abruptly disappeared from the internet in 2011.

see also https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SUVS7G-lets_end_open_source_together_with_this_one_simple_trick/

As someone who loves both coding and language learning (I’m learning Japanese right now), I always wished there was a free, open-source tool for learning Japanese, just like Monkeytype in the typing community.

Hello!

A friend of mine shared this link regarding Flock cameras being removed from Illinois. They’re a 2-party consent state regarding audio recordings. I figure it’s worth sharing here since I don’t have other accts

We built Umbra by forking, updating, and improving the ghostery browser build script, fern.js

Following in the footsteps of Hashicorp, Hudson, etc. Zed has chosen to cash in the good will of its now substantial user base and start going to full corporate enshittification. Among other things like minimum age nonsense, they have also added binding mandatory opt-OUT arbitration.

The installation was very easy! It’s very greatful that my data doesn’t send to Google any more.

New research shows that behaviors that occur at the very lowest levels of the network stack make encryption—in any form, not just those that have been broken in the past—incapable of providing client isolation, an encryption-enabled protection promised by all router makers, that is intended to block direct communication between two or more connected clients.

I’ve read all of Genetec’s customer stories (the PDFs), and although I recognize these, as being Genetec marketing material (at least in part), they do contain insightful information, regarding implementation of surveillance systems; that is, from the perspective of a diverse palette of organisations. This palette primarily consists of: universities, school districts, ports, critical infrastructure providers, business to business companies, health care providers, real estate developers, gambling companies, (sports) venues, cities, public transportation services, airports, retailers, and foremost police departments. What most have in common, is the increasing scale at which they operate; setting in motion a search for IT-solutions, able to scale alongside organisational growth, and doing so in a cost-effective way. This entails: the centralisation of (previously “siloed") systems and departments, automatization of (previously time-consuming, or outright unmanageable) tasks, and proactive ‘Data-Driven Decision-Making (DDDM)’; unlocking operational efficiencies and granular control over vast operations.

Not the biggest fan of Chromium based browsers. Thoughts on Helium ?

This vulnerability report has been generated using data aggregated on Vulnerability-Lookup, with contributions from the platform’s community.

The European Space Agency (ESA) actively promotes and develops open source software across multiple space-related domains:

Last month I posted HelixNotes here and some of you asked about mobile. Version 1.2.1 ships with an Android APK. Same codebase, Rust + Tauri 2.0, no separate app. Since last post: Android support, Ollama for local AI, graph view performance improvements, wiki-link navigation, and a bunch of mobile UX polish. Direct APK download from the site. IzzyOnDroid submission in progress. AGPL-3.0, source on Codeberg.

The Document Foundation releases LibreOffice 26.2.1, delivering extensive bug fixes and stability improvements for the 26.2 productivity suite.

Source: Mastodon.

ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 adds multipage document view, enhanced PDF signatures, and a new Solver tool for spreadsheets, alongside performance fixes and improvements.

This is the emails between the YouTuber YGK3D and Anycubic, it seems like they won’t send 3D printers to reviewers who mention their GPL3 license violations.

The Trump administration has ordered U.S. diplomats to lobby against countries’ attempts to regulate how American tech companies handle foreigners’ data, arguing that data sovereignty laws threaten the advancement of AI services and technology, Reuters reported, citing an internal diplomatic cable.

‘Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Reviewed By Mozilla — Including Ford, Volkswagen and Toyota — Flunks Privacy Test

heya fellow cat havers!